After many days of rain I’m happy to say that I see blue skies out the window and some sunshine. And our temps today are going up into the high 50s, a welcome relief from the upper 30s/low 40s. I do know that our “ugh” temps sound like a dream to those of you dealing with single digits, and that days of rain is possibly preferable to feet of snow. We’re all used to what we’re used to though, and I think for all of us, it’s hard when weather pushes us beyond what we’re set up to manage, so hopefully all of us get a break very soon from our relative extremes!
Unfortunately we had a Saturday night visit to the vet school hospital ER with Baloo, who suddenly seemed to lose use of his hind legs. It turned out he was able to walk, but just didn’t want to, as it was painful, and after a neuro exam and x-rays plus sedation with pain medication, he was discharged with more meds and a diagnosis of IVDD, a condition/disease of the discs in the spine that is apparently relatively common in Cardigan Welsh Corgis.
He came home very groggy but ate some dinner, used the bathroom, and went to bed gated in our master bedroom, where he continues to be on restricted activity. He woke up Sunday morning looking 100% like his usual self, which is a little puzzling, but he’s getting acupuncture on Thursday here on the farm, and will soon have an appointment with the vet school specialty clinic in neurology. Hopefully an MRI will reveal more and we can develop a comprehensive treatment plan. He’s only 4 years old, so we want to do everything we can to insure he heals, and that we know exactly what we’re dealing with.
Keil Bay has, in spite of too many days hanging out in the barn due to rain, been doing very well. His acupuncture scan last week was “the best he’s ever had” per the vet, and he had a normal full hoof trim done this morning. Aside from being generally annoyed at the weather, or is that me projecting my own feelings onto HIM, he seems happy and healthy right now.
With all this rain, the farm is mostly mush. Combined with mud. I’m constantly making efforts to manage the dogs tracking the mud in - in spite of layers of microfiber mats and a couple of towels on top of the permanent laundry room rug, some amount manages to make it in to the living room. I’m doing laundry nonstop.
We have more rain due on Thursday, then by the weekend it looks like full sunshine again. I’m so ready for spring I could burst! Or even winter without all the rain.
In other news, the arborist kept his appointment in spite of the rain, and pronounced all but one of the trees healthy. The one he wants to take down is a small oak near the arena - he’s going to take the top off but leave the base, which has a perfect owl or feral honey bee hole in it - I’d like to see if either will take up there. Otherwise, he’ll do pruning on the ones that need it. I’m very happy to hear this - the one very large oak closest to our house has seemed like it needed something or was perhaps declining, but he doesn’t think that’s the case. A few branches removed and he thinks it will be fine.
Still pondering what to do with the deck, and continuing the stone work in the front pasture.
What felt overwhelming yesterday suddenly feels fine today - it’s amazing what sunshine and blue skies will do to one’s mood!
2 comments:
Good to hear about Keil Bay! Sounds like he's doing really well. Hope Baloo is feeling better and you can figure out a treatment to help him deal with his issue. Poor little guy.
We actually have sun today and temps in the 40's. We were supposed to have an ice storm last night but just got rain so that was a plus. Supposed to snow Thursday though. I hope not I'd like to see some of this snow begin to melt. Although, I don't envy you the muddy clean ups. We'll get that once the snow is gone. But we'll all just deal with what we get.
So glad to hear you’re having a break with some sun and warmer temps! Yes, the mud is not fun, but you of course know that. Today I spent several hours cleaning the laundry room rugs, the sofas, pillows, and throws, and I was so happy to see how clean it all was. Then in one 30-second span of time, Clementine went into the back yard, came back and left mud paw prints across the length of the laundry room rugs, the floor into the living room, but thankfully she didn’t make it to the sofas! I got upset for about 60 seconds and then realized, yet again, it’s just a rolodex of cleaning. You do it, you do it, you do it, not because it will stay that way, but because you have to keep things from getting totally intolerable! LOL.
It’s part of life with humans and animals alike.
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